fazer

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin facere; compare Spanish hacer.

Verb

fazer (Latin spelling)

  1. To make
  2. To do
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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fazer, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō (“I do; I make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fa.ˈzeɾ/
  • (Paulista) IPA: /fa.ˈze(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA: /fa.ˈze(ɻ)/, /fa.ˈze(ɾ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /fɐ.ˈzeɾ/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧zer

Verb

fazer (first-person singular present indicative faço, past participle feito)

  1. (transitive) to make, to create, to produce
    A minha mãe fez este vestido para mim. — “My mother made that dress for me.”
  2. (transitive) to do, to execute, to perform
    Aquele homem fez um crime terrível. — “That man did an horrible crime.”
    Eu respondi, fazendo um gesto afirmativo. — “I answered, doing an affirmative gesture.”
  3. (transitive) to cause by force
    A explosão fez cair alguns prédios. — “The explosion caused some buildings to fall.”
  4. (transitive) to represent
    Eu fiz de João, a minha irmã fez de Maria. — “I represented Hansel, my sister represented Gretel.”
  5. (transitive) to arrange, to clean up, to tidy
    Já fiz a cama hoje. — “I already arranged the bed today.”
  6. (transitive) to cook, to prepare, to fix
    Nós fizemos o almoço juntos! — “We prepared the dinner together!”
  7. (transitive) to turn; to reach an age; to have a birthday
    Os gêmeos fizeram quinze anos mês passado. — “The twins turned fifteen last month.”
  8. (transitive) to change price of a product, usually to make cheaper in a bargain
    Se você comprar dois, faço por trinta dólares. — “If you buy two, I can sell them for thirty dollars.”
  9. (transitive, impersonal) to pass time
    Faz duas horas que meu tio chegou. — “Two hours have passed since my uncle arrived.”
  10. (transitive, impersonal) to be; to occur a weather phenomenon
    Aqui sempre faz sol. — “Here is always sunny.”
  11. First-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of fazer
  12. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) future subjunctive of fazer

Usage notes

When related to weather or passage of time, the verb fazer is impersonal, therefore cannot take a subject. It is also not inflected to number or person: it is always used on the singular third-person form:

  • Faz duas horas. — “Two hours have passed.”
  • Faz três segundos. — “Three seconds have passed.”
  • Faz cinquenta anos. — “Fifty years have passed.”

If not impersonal, it is conjugated normally.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb fazer
Notes:
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele/ela/você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal fazer
Personal fazer fazeres fazer fazermos fazerdes fazerem
Gerund
fazendo
Past participle
Masculine feito feitos
Feminine feita feitas
Indicative
Present faço fazes faz fazemos fazeis fazem
Imperfect fazia fazias fazia fazíamos fazíeis faziam
Preterite fiz fizeste fez fizemos fizestes fizeram
Pluperfect fizera fizeras fizera fizéramos fizéreis fizeram
Future farei farás fará faremos fareis farão
Conditional faria farias faria faríamos faríeis fariam
Subjunctive
Present faça faças faça façamos façais façam
Imperfect fizesse fizesses fizesse fizéssemos fizésseis fizessem
Future fizer fizeres fizer fizermos fizerdes fizerem
Imperative
Affirmative faça faze
faz		 faça façamos fazei façam
Negative (não) faça faças faça façamos façais façam

Synonyms

Derived terms

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